Capacity of sustainable growth and competitiveness factors footwear sector in Cúcuta Crecimiento sostenible y factores de competitividad del sector calzado en Cúcuta

Abstract

This article is the product of a research where competitiveness is related factors, the exchange rate and capacity for sustainable growth Cúcuta footwear sector in the period 2009-2013. A methodological level was developed as an exploratory, descriptive documentary and field study, technical surveys and expert judgment was used. The population consisted of twenty (22) business and a census was made due to the small size of the population. Internal competitiveness factors were evaluated and Higgins model was used to analyze the capacity for sustainable growth. Competitive factors show ample room for improvement in the
sector, meanwhile the sustainable growth rate is below the growth rate of sales of the footwear sector in Cucuta, making it isused to leverage external resources and optimization dividend policy to improve the intrinsic growth rate.

Keywords: competitiveness,footwear sector,intrinsic growth,sustainable growth,exchange rate